Apparently this side of the lagoon has the best fishing spot. The Great Blue Heron has been back everyday now. So the story unfolds as a rambunctious cormorant tries to push his way onto the spot. What follows is a very tense slow motion dance of body language, defiance and threats. To escalate things the …
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Great Blue Heron
This morning I saw a Great Blue Heron in the lagoon so I grabbed my camera and tried to get close enough for a photo. Well it must have gotten comfortable with me (they usually fly away) because it got close enough for me to get a few really tight head shots. That took about …
Pfeiffer Beach
I chose to drive south yesterday (3 ding dang hrs). It looked promising half way down but as I got to Pfeiffer Beach it was overcast. That made for some very flat dull photos. I did manage to find a nice restaurant for dinner though.
Wiggle Waggle Walk 2014
Just outside our backyard was another event so decided to venture over to check out the Wiggle Waggle dog walk sponsored by FAAS. It was extremely hot I felt sorry for the dogs.
Those Ding Dang Bikers
I have no idea who these women are or what event this is, but it woke me up so I had to shoot them. Okay after some research I found out its the Mermaid Series.
Philippine Independence Day Celebration
I’m trying to keep busy since Sandy is in the Philippines, so tonight I went to the Rhythmix Island Arts to watch: Lumago Lampas. I got permission to bring my camera sans flash. I’ve never been to the space so I had no idea what to expect. The colored spotlights drove me nuts. I finally …
Sand Castles 2014
Sand Castle Competition at Robert Crown Memorial State Beach. Unfortunately these things usually happen at the worst time with regard to lighting. Don’t they know?
Carnival Lights 2014
Seems like I do this every few years. Just love those lights! It’s a nice test for my new G1X2 as well.
G1XII
Out with the old and in with the new. I had my G1X since March of 2012. Even with its shortcomings I’ve used this camera alot.
Ume
I took Sandy out for a pre birthday dinner at Ume. It was really good and we can’t wait to go back.